Mary Norwood makes official her recount request

Councilwoman Mary Norwood just won't quit. And frankly, she's well within her rights to drag Atlanta's mayoral contest out as long as humanly — or bureaucratically — possible.

Last night, Norwood's attorneys sent a letter to Fulton and Dekalb counties' elections officials requesting a recount, citing alleged polling errors and irregularities. "We are aware of at least one elector who cast a ballot on a voting machine during advance voting but does not appear in the absentee voter file or on the numbered list of voters," the letter says. "We understand that this type of irregularity has previously occurred, resulting in double-voting."

Some voters, the letter claims, were unable to procure absentee ballots, and others might not have been bona fide Atlanta residents.

According to the certified results, Norwood's opponent, Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms, beat her by 832 votes. About 92,000 votes were cast last Tuesday, which puts Norwood within the 1 percent margin required to request a recount.